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DISPLACED in THEIR OWN CITY the Impact of Israeli Policy in East Jerusalem on the Palestinian Neighborhoods of the City Beyond the Separation Barrier June 2015 DISPLACED IN THEIR OWN CITY THE IMPACT OF ISRAELI POLICY IN EAST JERUSALEM ON THE PALESTINIAN NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE CITY BEYOND THE SEPARATION BARRIER JUNE 2015 27 King George St., P.O. Box 2239, Jerusalem 94581 Telephone: 972-2-6222858 | Fax: 972-2-6233696 www.ir-amim.org.il | [email protected] DISPLACED IN THEIR OWN CITY THE IMPACT OF ISRAELI POLICY IN EAST JERUSALEM ON THE PALESTINIAN NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE CITY BEYOND THE SEPARATION BARRIER JUNE 2015 Written by: Ehud Tagari and Yudith Oppenheimer Research: Eyal Hareuveni and Aviv Tatarsky Hebrew editing: Lea Klibanoff Ron English translation: Shaul Vardi English editing: Betty Herschman Photography: Ahmad Sub Laban Thanks to: Atty. Oshrat Maimon, Atty. Nisreen Alyan of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), Christoph von Toggenburg of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Roni Ben Efrat and Erez Wagner of WAC-MAAN, the Workers Advice Center, Lior Volinz of Amsterdam University, Atty. Elias Khoury, and Eetta Prince-Gibson. This publication was produced by Ir Amim (“City of Nations”) in the framework of a joint project with the Workers Advice Center WAC-MAAN aimed at strengthening the socio-economic rights of East Jerusalem residents. We thank the European Union, the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Israel, and The Moriah Fund for their support. The content of this publication is the responsibility of Ir Amim alone. taBLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 5 Chapter One: Israeli Policy in East Jerusalem since 1967 8 A. Annexation and Confiscation . 8 B. Ensuring a Jewish Majority . 9 C. Non-Registration of Land. 10 D. Planning Freeze, Building Restrictions, Bureaucratic Obstacles and “Jerusalem 2000”. 11 E. The Residents of East Jerusalem: From Citizens to Residents, from Residents to Immigrants in Their Own City, and from Immigrants to displaced people in Their Own City . 14 Chapter Two: Construction of the Separation Barrier 22 Chapter Three: The East Jerusalem Neighborhoods beyond the Barrier 26 A. Background. 27 C. Governmental Abandonment and Official Neglect. 32 D. The Building Jungle . .42 E. Checkpoints . .48 F. Transfer of Security Authority in a Municipal Area to the Military . .51 Conclusion 56 Ministry of Justice’s response 59 IntrodUCTION Kufr Aqab, view from the Separation Barrier In June 1967 Israel annexed East Jerusalem, which had been under Jordanian rule, together with an additional 60 square kilometers of land in surrounding areas of the West Bank (henceforth, “East Jerusalem”). These areas were absorbed within the municipal boundary of the city. Approximately one-third of the annexed area was confiscated as part of a massive program to construct neighborhoods/settlements along the border of the annexed area, serving as buffers between the Palestinian neighborhoods and between the city in its new borders and the West Bank. Additional areas were confiscated, formally or in practice, by means of their declaration as national parks or green areas. Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem received the status of permanent residents, which left them excluded from both the Israeli and Palestinian political systems, creating a situation unparalleled in the Western world: an ethnic community deprived of civil and political rights within a democratic regime. Israeli policy has always sought to maintain Israeli territorial control of East Jerusalem and to ensure a substantial Jewish majority in the city. From the earliest stage, this policy has had two key manifestations. The first is the annexation of East Jerusalem and the expropriation of one-third of the area for the Jewish public. The second is the denial 5 Ir Amim of political rights to Palestinian individuals and to the Palestinian collective (i.e. denial of full civil status and the right to vote and to be elected to institutions determining its fate).1 This policy sought to strengthen the Israeli hold over Jerusalem in the present and in any future political agreement. The practical implementation of this policy included actions that grossly contradict the founding values of the State of Israel. Over the years, this contradiction and its practical manifestations have grown more extreme, both in terms of the restrictions and discrimination faced by Palestinian residents and in terms of worsening damage to the very values of Israeli society. The construction of the Separation Barrier in Jerusalem began in 2004 and reflected an overall policy introduced by Ariel Sharon during his period in office as prime minister. The course of the Barrier was ostensibly to serve as a security buffer. In fact, it delineated a political boundary to Jerusalem that sought to ensure a firm Jewish majority and full territorial control of the city and surrounding areas. The Barrier removed the area of Kufr Aqab and Semiramis from the boundary of the city, as well as the Shuafat refugee camp, including the neighborhoods of Ras Khamis, Ras Shehadeh, and Dahiyat al-Salaam. It is estimated that at least one-fourth of the Palestinian residents of Jerusalem live in these neighborhoods, including tens of thousands of Palestinian Jerusalemites who have been linked to the city for generations by ties of family, livelihood, economics, identity, culture, and religion. The Palestinian neighborhoods beyond the Separation Barrier present in an extreme form the broader processes that have taken place in East Jerusalem and Israel’s attitude toward the Palestinian population in the city. Israeli policy in these neighborhoods has destabilized Palestinians’ physical and symbolic linkage and belonging to their home city of Jerusalem; it has restricted their actions and their physical, social, economic, cultural, and political existence; and it has pushed tens of thousands of them into the neighborhoods beyond the Barrier; thus, in practical terms, displacing them from the city. Residents who are natives of the city are forced by economic and political forces to move to areas that offer relatively cheap and available housing, despite the lack of minimal services and the real fear that they may lose the residency status that still binds them to the city. This process forms part of a broader policy that has come to be known as the “silent transfer." After separating many of the residents of East Jerusalem from the city by means of the barrier, Israel is now attempting to free itself completely of any obligations toward these residents. Approximately one decade after the establishment of the Separation Barrier, Israel accepts only minimal responsibility for life in the neighborhoods beyond the Barrier. Municipal services are virtually absent and the Municipality has all but completely abdicated responsibility for law enforcement, safety, and emergency services. Nevertheless, the Israeli government and the Municipality of Jerusalem continue to bear responsibility for the fate of the residents of these neighborhoods, so long as Israel maintains its control over East 1 The residents of East Jerusalem can participate in municipal elections in the city, but cannot participate in Israeli general elections. Many of the decisions and policies that shape daily life in Jerusalem and the future of the city are taken by the Israeli government, over which they have no influence. Palestinian residents of Jerusalem can participate in elections to the Palestinian Authority but this body is prevented by Israeli law from operating in East Jerusalem. 6 Displaced in Their Own City Jerusalem. Protracted neglect of these neighborhoods since 1967; overcrowding and poverty; unsupervised construction; and the absence of law enforcement systems – phenomena that have grown more pronounced since the establishment of the barrier – have brought the neighborhoods beyond the Barrier to the brink of disaster. The report: This report reviews various aspects of Israeli policy, from 1967 to the present day, that have created the current reality in which tens of thousands of Jerusalem residents have been sundered from the city since the establishment of the Separation Barrier and are virtually ignored by both the local and central governments. The first two chapters of the report provide background information, describing the developments that led to the current reality in the neighborhoods beyond the Barrier: Chapter One reviews key aspects of Israeli policy toward the residents of East Jerusalem since 1967, while Chapter Two analyzes the primary ramifications of the Separation Barrier in terms of life in and around East Jerusalem. Chapter Three presents the core of the report, providing a detailed description of the reality of life in the neighborhoods beyond the Barrier. Chapter Four presents the report’s conclusions. The findings of this report issue a stark warning. The reality disclosed constitutes a disaster for Palestinians and is causing grave damage to the stability of life in Jerusalem, the foundations of Israeli society and to any future political resolution. 7 CHAPTER ONE: ISRAELI POLICY IN EAST JERUSALEM SINCE 1967 Since 1967, Israeli policy has been shaped to meet two complementary goals: First, to strengthen Israel’s hold over East Jerusalem in the present and in any future negotiations and second, to weaken and erode any parallel claim on the part of the Palestinian people. Israel has taken a series of political and practical steps to meet these goals. First, it annexed East Jerusalem and the surrounding area, expropriated roughly one-third of the annexed area, and worked to secure a Jewish majority in Jerusalem by establishing massive Jewish neighborhoods on the confiscated land. Second, it attempted systematically and consistently to break the affinity between Palestinians and Jerusalem. Israel imposed legal, planning, and bureaucratic restrictions limiting Palestinians’ freedom of action. It created a severe poverty crisis among the Palestinian population, and subsequently destabilized Palestinians’ legal status and natural right to reside in their city of birth. Israel even interfered in Palestinians’ personal lives, imposing restrictions via family unification regulations and through the Nationality Law (2003). Although the Supreme Court narrowly approved this law, it was the subject of sharp judicial criticism in a minority opinion (see below).
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